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Cisgender Boy Forced to Play on Girls' Sports Team Because of Birth Certificate Error (www.them.us)

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[–] CommissarKrieg@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

~~logic~~

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

The worst part is he doesn't even like sports!

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

why tf does a school ask for a birth certificate
why tf would parents give that
why tf did the parents not see the error in the birth certificate?

My take: school asking for the certificate? Wrong. Now that they have it, they are reacting legally correct, because that birth certificate is a legal document. Sucks for the boy, but the fault is 100% the parents.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don’t all schools ask for birth certificates? At that age it’s your only id, most kids only legal connection to their parents, your only legal indication of age.

I suppose it could also be weaponized to deprive immigrants of an education.

That being said, I looked it up and my state schools are mandated to equally educate all residents regardless of immigration status and are not allowed to ask about immigration status, nor to cooperate with ICE barring court order

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

In my case, the municipality is responsible for registering kids at public schools and they know the true identity already. The school only gets to see the name, address and maybe the gender.

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[+] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -11 points 1 week ago (8 children)

While I do agree (much to the dismay of many of you all here) that it is absolutely unfair to biological women to allow non biological women in competitive sports, due to the advantages that can't go away by chemical means such as larger lungs, longer arms, and bigger hands with more stable hip bones; if I were this kid, who is apparently quite strong and athletic, I would try and have loads of fun screwing with the system they're forcing upon him. He could really screw with them on policies. I'd imagine he could get loads of classmates to go along with helping him out, too.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's fine to disagree with us here, but you also "disagree" with everyone who knows anything about the subject, and that is why your head is stuck so far up your own asshole.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems like I know plenty about the subject. To the point where all you can do is try and sling insults instead of forming any sort of argument.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This information is readily available. You decided that instead of listening to the IOC or physiologists you'd stick your head WAY up inside your own rectum. It's not my job to pull it out.

But it is fun to point and laugh. 😉

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The physiologists agree with me, buddy.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 0 points 1 week ago

😂

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